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ajpearson
December 22nd, 2009, 01:54 PM
I have had a low volume problem since loading 9.10 version.

I have tried to follow the "How To Pule Audio Fixes Document" but appear to get error messages opening the PulseAudio Volume Control application The general Trouble Shooting suggested posting the following to help determine the problem - hope it means something to someone . . .

I just keep getting the message "Connection failed: Connection refused"

Thanks Andrew

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: INTEL HDMI [INTEL HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio -vv
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
D: main.c: Started as real root: no, suid root: yes
I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilege.
N: main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges:
N: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits.
N: main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
D: main.c: Can realtime: no, can high-priority: no
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.14
D: main.c: Compilation host: i486-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wconversion -Wundef -Wformat -Wlogical-op -Wpacked -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.28-17-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 1 18:57:07 UTC 2009
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
I: main.c: Machine ID is 99d85e2272acb90f03ea2574497a1b49.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/ajpearson/.pulse/99d85e2272acb90f03ea2574497a1b49:runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/ajpearson/.pulse.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #1; argument: "").
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/ajpearson/.pulse/99d85e2272acb90f03ea2574497a1b49:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/ajpearson/.pulse/99d85e2272acb90f03ea2574497a1b49:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_4
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Master".
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Volume ranges from -46.50 dB to 0.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: ALSA device lacks independant volume controls for each channel.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thre
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 25% 1: 25%
D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #4; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_a lsa_playback_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0'
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Capture".
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 8 fragments of size 1792 bytes, buffer time is 81.27ms
D: module-alsa-source.c: hwbuf_unused=0
D: module-alsa-source.c: setting avail_min=1
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from 0 to 31.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Volume ranges from -16.50 dB to 30.00 dB.
I: alsa-util.c: All 2 channels can be mapped to mixer channels.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using hardware volume control. Hardware dB scale supported.
D: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
D: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
D: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
D: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
D: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
D: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
D: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
D: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
D: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1879048192
D: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
D: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
D: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
D: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
D: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
D: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
D: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
D: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
D: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
D: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
D: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3584
D: alsa-util.c: period_size : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10158
D: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
D: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
D: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 448
D: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
D: alsa-util.c: start_thresh
D: module-alsa-source.c: Read hardware volume: 0: 69% 1: 69%
D: module-alsa-source.c: Thread starting up
D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 becomes idle.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #5; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_ alsa_capture_0 tsched=0").
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #6; argument: "tsched=0").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #11; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device source:alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa _playback_0.monitor.
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device sink:alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_p layback_0.
I: module-device-restore.c: Storing volume/mute for device source:alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_ capture_0.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Device suspended...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_output.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_playba ck_0.monitor idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Source alsa_input.pci_8086_293e_sound_card_0_alsa_capture _0 idle for too long, suspending ...
I: module-alsa-source.c: Device suspended...
I: module-device-restore.c: Synced.

viridia01
February 6th, 2010, 01:13 PM
Is there no fix for this??? I've max the volume of my alsa mixer(Master, Speaker) as well as my pulseaudio... As well as my speakers... The sound is just not too loud...

Just this morning I was trying to compare my the max volume on my ipod VS my laptop(ubuntu)... It's like 50% of the sound was cut... What's wrong with Karmic, and what's the deal with pulseaudio... it behaves badly... I miss my Jaunty... I wish they'd do a fix for that on lucid... but sooner is the better...

-I listen to music while iM working, and I can't concentrate without it...